Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-02-11
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chequered life of ours is made up o
joys and sorrows-of pleasures ant
pains. The sorrows and pains, gen
orally, greatly predominant. Why thil
is so in this beautiful world of ours
we do not know. IT'S vain and flu
tile for the finite mind to attempt
any solution OF the mysteries of the
infinite.
Mr.. Bob Ingersoll was once asked
by a distinguished theologian, what
improvement he could make upon
nature? He replied IL would make
health contagious and not disease
What fine preacher Mr.. Ingersoll
might make, were he to turn his
shafts of sarcasm and ridicule against
the Devil and his Angels, instead OF
against Heaven and the Bible
There is not man in America dare
say, happier in his domestic relations
than Mr.. Ingersoll. lie has happy
home around whose Preside gathers
blooming family knit together by
ties of the strongest affection.
Died, on the night of Feb. End, at
the residence of w. b. Grifley, Mrs.
Anna Ritter, In the list year of her
age.
Mr.. John Allensworth, (Mr. Mil
ler's attentive clerk) received a tele-
gram late yesterday evening, from
IIadensyille, conveying the sad intel
ligence of his mothers illness. He
left Immediately on horseback to ride
through the country; said he would
get home by midnight. He doubt
less had long, cold and dreary ride,
rendered more dreary by anxiety.
Hope when he alighted at the home
of his childhood, his sadness was
changed to joy by finding his mother
convalescent.
Mr.. w. Kincheloe Numbered against
looking glass this morning: it fell
on the floor, breaking into a thous-
and fragments. "There" he said, ~
am going to have seven years
trouble" What wonderful amount
of just such popular superstitions we
find prevailing at this enlightened age
of the world. If hen crows, says
one, "ihere will be a death in the
family" If we see the new moon for
the first time over the left shoulder
or through slight cloud, ''it is a
sign OF bad luck" as long as that
moon shines. If candle burns out
in its socket, without being blown
out, at is sign of the approaching
death of some one in the ROOM" If
we ride with a dogwood switch or
start on any journey on Friday, at
is bad luck" There are hundreds OF
other equally silly superstitions, all
perhaps the result of early impress
ions or education.N The mind of the
young is like a sheet Of white paper.
any mark or stain upon il is ineradi-
cable.
Mr.. John Moss, worthy young
citizen of Garrettsburg, took sudden
flight to Clarksville day or two ago
accompanied by blooming young
daughter of Observation-Disclosures
rimony; upon reaching GAINESVILLE,
he found some little difficulty in Sc
curing the services of a preacher to
lie the knot. / am told that the |
preacher told him "he
elt some compunctions of conscience
n marrying runaway couple" and
begged to be excused. After hunt
ng up two or three divines, John at
asst, much to his hearts relief, found
me with less tender conscience and
hereupon two more souls were made
Happy. Long life and prosperity to
'ou both and may you be crowned
With bays, babies and blessings.
Esq. Riyes had called court yes
erday cause, two SONS of Africa,
Jus McClendon and Richmond
We'll were charged by Joe Fleming
With hog stealing. The evidence of
he witnesses developed the strange
act, that very vicious dog had bit
EN- of his own free will aud accord,
aid hog so severely that Richmond,
trough pity, thinking the pig would
lie anyhow took stick and helped
he vicious dog get the "hog out of
Is misery" Gus and Richmond
hen and there have post mortem
onsultation and agree rather than
ct the meat "spile" they'll take il
Iome and pay the owner for 1t,
hould he find them out so they
AIRY the mangled hog to their cabin
n the dark nighttime, get little
neasy, try to revive the hog by put
ing it in hot bath, finding this at
empt fruitless they pull the hair al
most entirely of, cut said swine in
our pieces, put same in meal sack
nd put sack in corn pen near by
o "keep the meat COOL" Constable
Dixon, accompanied by some argus
yed deputies) gets search warrant
nd spies out said bag of meat. Gus
aces the music aud Richmond cow
Irdly skips out for Tennessee. Mr..
D. j. Metcalf made very eloquent
md pathetic appeal TO the court in
behalf of defendant. All the devil.
nent was laid on the dog. The
,ourt decided to dismiss the case
with the understanding that defen-
'ants were to pay Joe Fleming 80 so
zach for the pig, Havn't heard
what became of the dog. What
heme for the moralist is the uncer-
ainty of lawi
We parted from all old friend, en-
". d., the other day The hated leaving
much, but he had to seek his fortune
n thn far West